And then, of course, there are the three largest whistleblowers in US history: Julian Assange of Wikileaks fame; Bradley Manning, whose trial will take place some day in the future; and Daniel Ellsberg from the Vietnam era.
What Manning's egregious treatment was and what fate is likely for Manning and Assange, at one level, has simply become a Washington DC parlor game. But at another level, the outcome of this litigation will tell us a lot about the future of our country.
Hopefully, in the same way that the Washington Post's Dana Priest's and Anne Hull's scathing expose of conditions at The Walter Reed Medical Center resulted in maximum news coverage world-wide and ignited the political will to make substantial changes for the better. And earned the authors Pulitzer prizes.
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